Stocking-supporter



U ITED STATES PATENT -Orrrcs:.-

ORISON HUFF, OF SOMERVILLE, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

' WALTER P. MARBLE, OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

STOCKlNG-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,883, dated November 14, 1893.

A Application filed February 8, 1893. Serial 110. 461,419. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ORISON HUFF, of Somerville, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, haveinvented an Improvement in Stockiug-Supporters,of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters and numerals on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to construct a simple and efiicient hose supporter, one which will securely hold but not tear the material, and which may be easily operated.

In accordance with this invention the hose supporter is made of two essential parts, or plates, one of which, as the back or base plate,

has a slot or other means at the upper end for connecting it with a strap, and gradually diminishes in width toward the opposite or lower end, and the side edges of said plate are inwardly turned, thereby forming a recess, open at the front, and gradually diminishing in width toward the lower end; and the other part, as the front plate, which serves as and thereby constitutes th e clamping plate, is made quite narrow and likewise gradually diminishes in width toward the lower end to enter the tapering recess in the back plate, at said front opening, or between the inwardly turned side edges, carrying the material, which may beplaced between said plates, into said recess, and thereafter as said clamping plate is drawn down into said tapering recess, either by a downward pull upon the material, or by an upward pull upon the back plate, or both, said material will be securely held. The clamping plate is connected with the base plate, and a spring provided for lifting it away from the base plate to facilitate the insertion of the material, the spring in this instance being made flat and serving also as the means employed to connect the parts together. Each part is provided upon its outer side or face with one or more projections or serrations to enable the wearer to more easily adjust them one with relation to the other.

Figure 1, shows in front elevation a hose supporter embodying this invention, the parts being in proper position to clamp the material; Fig. 2, a front elevation of the hose supporter, the clamping plate being moved to re-.

lease the material; Fig. 3, a rear side view of the parts as shown in Fig.2, and Fig. 4, aside elevation of the parts shown in Fig.2.

The base plate a, formed out of sheet metal or otherwise, is ofiset at its upper end as at a, and at said end is provided with a slot (1*, to receive a strap, yet it may be provided with other means for connecting it with a strap without departing from my invention. The plate a tapers in the opposite direction or toward the lower end as shown, and the side edges a are turned inwardly to thereby form or present a recess or guideway. Upon the rear or outer side'of said base plate, one or more projections or serrations as a, are formed.

The front or clamping plate I) is made narrow and tapering from its upper to its lower end as shown, and is also convexed, in order that its side edges may better impinge the material. A fiat spring I) is connected with the clamping plate I), at its upper end, or may be formed integral therewith, said spring extending down and passing through slits 2, 3, in the base plate. This spring subserves the purpose of lifting the clamping plate away from the base plate in order that the material may be more easily inserted, and also as a means of connecting the two plates together. Yet so far as my invention is concerned such specific construction is immaterial. The clamping plate has formed upon its front or outer face one or more projections o The material to be engaged by the device is placed between the two plates a, b; the plate b is then pressed upon or against the material, and while so held it is moved downwardly, or the base plate drawn upwardly, in either event securely clamping the material between the two plates.

It will be seen that when the material is so engaged, the greater the strain upon it the more securely it will be engaged and held.

Likewise the greater the strain upon the strap 5 which is connected to the base plate the more securely will the material be engaged and held, as thetendency in either instance is to draw the clamping plate farther into the tapering recess formed in the base or backplate;

' I claim-- 1. In a hose supporter, the combination of the back plate at, having means at the upper end for connecting it with a strap, and having its side edges cfigturned inward,as shown, to present a recess gradually diminishing in width toward the lower end and open at the front, and the narrow clamping plate loosely connected to the back plate and correspondingly diminishing in width toward its lower end, which enters the tapering recess in the back plate at the front opening, carrying the the material securely between the two plates, and the flat spring for lifting said clamping plate which passes through the slits 2, 3, thereby connecting the clamping plate with the base plate, substantially as described.

3. In a hose supporter, the base plate a, having a slot or other means at one end for connecting it with a strap, and tapering toward the opposite end, and having inwardly turned side edges a and projections formed upon its back side, and the narrow clamping plate I), having projections formed upon its front side, likewise lnade tapering and'adapted to bind the material securely between the two plates, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ORISON HUFF. 

